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Africa Check

BULLSH!T: 50 Fibs that made South Africa — fuelling the ‘genocide’ fire

Op-eds

BULLSH!T: 50 Fibs that made South Africa — fuelling the ‘genocide’ fire

by: Jonathan Ancer

Life under DA in Western Cape — fact-checking opposition party’s claims on governance

Politics, South Africa, Maverick News

Life under DA in Western Cape — fact-checking opposition party’s claims on governance

by: Africa Check

EFF election manifesto - Fact-checking four big claims on land, wealth, crime and sanitation in South Africa

Politics, South Africa, Elections, Maverick News

EFF election manifesto - Fact-checking four big claims on land, wealth, crime and sanitation in South Africa

by: Africa Check

‘For the people, by the people’ — fact-checking seven claims in Rise Mzansi’s election manifesto

Politics, South Africa, Maverick News

‘For the people, by the people’ — fact-checking seven claims in Rise Mzansi’s election manifesto

by: Africa Check

‘Democracy’s child’ fact-check: Ramaphosa’s 2024 State of the Nation Address doesn’t completely add up

Politics, South Africa, Maverick News

‘Democracy’s child’ fact-check: Ramaphosa’s 2024 State of the Nation Address doesn’t completely add up

by: Africa Check

Promises, promises: Following up on Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2023 State of the Nation pledges

Politics, South Africa, Maverick News

Promises, promises: Following up on Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2023 State of the Nation pledges

by: Cayley Clifford for Africa Check

Declining unemployment figures in SA are good news, but context, as always, matters

Business Maverick, South Africa, Maverick News

Declining unemployment figures in SA are good news, but context, as always, matters

by: Kirsten Cosser

No ActionSA, no evidence that 15 million undocumented immigrants live in South Africa

Africa, South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Maverick News

No ActionSA, no evidence that 15 million undocumented immigrants live in South Africa

by: Kirsten Cosser

No evidence to show undocumented immigrants ‘contribute massively’ to crime and ‘nothing’ to SA economy

South Africa, Maverick News

No evidence to show undocumented immigrants ‘contribute massively’ to crime and ‘nothing’ to SA economy

by: Kirsten Cosser

Debating the state of the nation – Which MPs got their facts right?

Politics, South Africa, Maverick News

Debating the state of the nation – Which MPs got their facts right?

by: Africa Check

Viral claims on migrant employment numbers at Eskom, Vodacom and SA government wholly incorrect

South Africa, Maverick News

Viral claims on migrant employment numbers at Eskom, Vodacom and SA government wholly incorrect

by: Kirsten Cosser

Fact-checked: Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address

Politics, South Africa

Fact-checked: Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address

by: Africa Check